Welcome to Welara World, where the familiar meets the unexpected. We revel in exploring rabbit holes, navigating secret gardens, and wandering through enigmatic mazes. Allow us to take you on a journey and introduce you to a new kind of multi-family office and wealth advisor.
We deeply engage with our clients, building relationships as partners, friends, and trusted stewards. Through an in-depth discovery process,1 we converse, gather insights, and design a personalized “operating system” tailored to each individual.
Like many wealth advisors, Welara bases its perspectives on rigorous research, considering the client’s investment objectives, risk profile, goals, challenges, priorities, and interests. But we delve deeper. We embrace this uniqueness because our primary clientele, first-generation wealth creators, often do not fit inside a traditional box (and we love that) .
Rather than merely executing transactions, we foster genuine connections and build relationships. Our approach is adaptable, and our solutions are inventive. We uphold the fundamental belief that when existing systems falter or become obsolete, innovation is essential. Sometimes, it takes courage to abandon what we think we know in favor of what we can become.
Unknown Student in Marcel Breuer Chair, Ursula Mayer, 2006
Understanding someone’s collection is to understand their life. It’s human to collect and taxonomize. First-generation wealth creators are the builders and collectors of the world.
During the Renaissance, private citizens collected various items within their homes, often dedicating special rooms to them for observation. This group of early collectors was quite diverse, including aristocrats, natural scientists, monks, academic scholars, and affluent individuals. Their interest in collecting stemmed from a genuine curiosity about the origins of these items, a desire to uncover their history, and a quest to comprehend the significance of these objects. These collections comprised minerals, tools, specimens, fossils, and various products that provided tangible evidence for expanding knowledge and theories about the world and the individuals who shaped it. These pre-modern collectors possessed a more comprehensive and holistic understanding of human existence as they meticulously studied their collections. At Welara, we firmly believe that understanding our clients goes beyond their financial assets; it extends to comprehending what they collect. Whether it's investments, art, real estate, people, hobbies, or intellectual interests, the things people choose to collect offer valuable insights into their lives.
To truly grasp our clients and address their unique needs, we must delve into their collections, as it provides a window into their world. Collecting is an innately human trait; first-generation wealth creators are often both builders and collectors. In our daily interactions, individuals are continually "interviewed" in various ways. We employ interviews to gain a profound understanding of our clients and their collections. Our objective is to create a knowledge repository that serves as a critical input into WelaraOS, our operating system. We perceive our discovery process as a puzzle, referred to as The Welarian Inquisition, characterized by extensive study, observation, and analysis. Over time, we pose numerous questions to our clients, discussing their wealth, assets, lifestyle, goals, interests, and aspirations. The operating system serves as the bridge between human interaction and technology. It's a metaphor for our internal design structure, developed over two decades. This system forms the foundation for how we lead our lives and work. It represents the guiding principle behind what we construct within the Welara World.
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